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Plebiscite Movement The Plebiscite Movement in Jammu and Kashmir, often referred to as the "Kashmir Plebiscite Movement," is a political movement and a historical context related to the ongoing dispute over the status of the region of J&K. It is closely tied to the unresolved issue of self-determination for the people of the region.
He was rearrested in April 1958. The student activists of the Plebiscite Front were also targeted at this time, causing Maqbool Bhat to leave for Pakistan in August 1958. [6] Bhat joined the Peshawar University, studying for an MA Urdu Literature in Peshawar, Pakistan He worked for some time as a journalist for the local newspaper Anjaam. [6]
The Plebiscite Front in Azad Kashmir, [1] [2] also called Mahaz-i-Raishumari, [3] was founded by Amanullah Khan in collaboration with Abdul Khaliq Ansari and Maqbool Bhat in 1965. The organisation had an unofficial armed wing called National Liberation Front , which carried out sabotage activities in Jammu and Kashmir as well as the hijacking ...
The Indian Government published a White Paper on Jammu and Kashmir in 1948 in an effort to explain the Indian position on the Kashmir dispute. It allegedly contains numerous references to the issue of holding free and impartial plebiscite in Kashmir under the auspices of the United Nations.
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A plebiscite was to be held in all regions and the state partitioned on the basis of the results. [201] [204] [205] September 1953 (): Following reports of a US-Pakistan alliance, Nehru warned Pakistan that it had to choose between winning Kashmir through plebiscite and forming a military alliance with the United States. [206] [207]
According to folk etymology, the name "Kashmir" means "desiccated land" (from the Sanskrit: ka = water and shimīra = desiccate). [2] In the Rajatarangini, a history of Kashmir written by Kalhana in the mid-12th century, it is stated that the valley of Kashmir was formerly a lake.
Subsequently, in April 1965, the Kashmir Independence Committee was merged into the Azad Kashmir Plebiscite Front. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The Jammu Kashmir National Liberation Front (NLF) was an offshoot of the Plebiscite Front, established by Khan and Maqbool Bhat around August 1965 for carrying out armed insurgency in the Indian-controlled Kashmir.